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We study cyclic proof systems for $\mu\mathsf{PA}$, an extension of Peano arithmetic by positive inductive definitions that is arithmetically equivalent to the (impredicative) subsystem of second-order arithmetic $\Pi^1_2$-$\mathsf{CA}_0$…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-07-18 Gianluca Curzi , Lukas Melgaard

Cyclic proof systems for Heyting and Peano arithmetic eschew induction axioms by accepting proofs which are finite graphs rather than trees. Proving that such a cyclic proof system coincides with its more conventional variants is often…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-07-29 Graham E. Leigh , Dominik Wehr

We investigate the cyclic proof theory of extensions of Peano Arithmetic by (finitely iterated) inductive definitions. Such theories are essential to proof theoretic analyses of certain `impredicative' theories; moreover, our cyclic systems…

Logic · Mathematics 2023-06-16 Anupam Das , Lukas Melgaard

We present an alternative cyclic proof system for Peano arithmetic that could be simpler than the existing ones and well-adapted both for proof analysis and for automatizing inductive proof search. In addition, we will show how various…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-02-11 Lev D. Beklemishev , Daniyar S. Shamkanov , Ivan N. Smirnov

Circular (or cyclic) proofs have received increasing attention in recent years, and have been proposed as an alternative setting for studying (co)inductive reasoning. In particular, now several type systems based on circular reasoning have…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-09-01 Gianluca Curzi , Anupam Das

We describe a "slow" version of the hierarchy of uniform reflection principles over Peano Arithmetic ($\mathbf{PA}$). These principles are unprovable in Peano Arithmetic (even when extended by usual reflection principles of lower…

Logic · Mathematics 2020-08-06 Anton Freund

In this paper we develop cyclic proof systems for the problem of inclusion between the least sets of models of mutually recursive predicates, when the ground constraints in the inductive definitions belong to the quantifier-free fragments…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2018-05-01 Radu Iosif , Cristina Serban

We show that the theory $I\Sigma_1$ of $\Sigma_1$-induction proves the following statement: For all $n\geq 2$, the uniform $\Sigma_1$-reflection principle over the theory $I\Sigma_n$ is equivalent to the totality of the function…

Logic · Mathematics 2015-12-17 Anton Freund

A cyclic proof system gives us another way of representing inductive definitions and efficient proof search. In 2011 Brotherston and Simpson conjectured the equivalence between the provability of the classical cyclic proof system and that…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2017-12-12 Stefano Berardi , Makoto Tatsuta

We consider the complexity (in terms of the arithmetical hierarchy) of the various quantifier levels of the diagram of a computably presented metric structure. As the truth value of a sentence of continuous logic may be any real in $[0,1]$,…

Logic · Mathematics 2021-06-11 Caleb Camrud , Isaac Goldbring , Timothy H. McNicholl

Cyclic and non-wellfounded proofs are now increasingly employed to establish metalogical results in a variety of settings, in particular for type systems with forms of (co)induction. Under the Curry-Howard correspondence, a cyclic proof can…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2022-11-30 Gianluca Curzi , Anupam Das

Cyclic proof theory breaks tradition by allowing certain infinite proofs: those that can be represented by a finite graph, while satisfying a soundness condition. We reconcile cyclic proofs with traditional finite proofs: we extend abstract…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-02-13 Lide Grotenhuis , Daniël Otten

Brotherston and Simpson [citation] have formalized and investigated cyclic reasoning, reaching the important conclusion that it is at least as powerful as inductive reasoning (specifically, they showed that each inductive proof can be…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2011-03-25 Razvan Voicu , Mengran Li

Non-compact proofs are a class of reasoning that is used in mathematics but overlooked in the analysis of (un)provability of consistency. We focus on proofs of arithmetical statements (*) "for any natural number n, F(n)." A proof of (*) is…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-12-16 Sergei Artemov

We prove that any proof of a $\forall \Sigma^0_2$ sentence in the theory $\mathrm{WKL}_0 + \mathrm{RT}^2_2$ can be translated into a proof in $\mathrm{RCA}_0$ at the cost of a polynomial increase in size. In fact, the proof in…

Logic · Mathematics 2021-01-19 Leszek Aleksander Kołodziejczyk , Tin Lok Wong , Keita Yokoyama

It is known that several variations of the axiom of determinacy play important roles in the study of reverse mathematics, and the relation between the hierarchy of determinacy and comprehension are revealed by Tanaka, Nemoto, Montalb\'an,…

Logic · Mathematics 2023-05-22 Leonardo Pacheco , Keita Yokoyama

In this work, we present and analyze C-SAGA, a (deterministic) cyclic variant of SAGA. C-SAGA is an incremental gradient method that minimizes a sum of differentiable convex functions by cyclically accessing their gradients. Even though the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-01-10 Youngsuk Park , Ernest K. Ryu

Introduced in 2006 by Japaridze, cirquent calculus is a refinement of sequent calculus. The advent of cirquent calculus arose from the need for a deductive system with a more explicit ability to reason about resources. Unlike the more…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2015-07-01 Matthew Steven Bauer

This is the full version of a paper submitted to the Computability in Europe (CiE 2023) conference, with all proofs omitted there. In 2012 P. D. Azar and S. Micali introduced a new model of interactive proofs, called "Rational Interactive…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-05-09 Daniil Musatov , Georgii Potapov

Linear logic was conceived in 1987 by Girard and, in contrast to classical logic, restricts the usage of the structural inference rules of weakening and contraction. With this, atoms of the logic are no longer interpreted as truth, but as…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2021-10-04 Florian Chudigiewitsch
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